Season 2: Episode 44
Hanukkah History: The Maccabean Revolt
Date Aired: 12/04/2023
The Jewish festival of Hanukkah is based on real historical events—the Maccabean Revolt of 167–160 BCE. In today’s episode, Helen and Dave travel back to a time when Judaea was ruled by the Hellenized (Greek) Seleucid Empire. When a Jewish priest named Mattathias refused to make a sacrifice to the pagan gods, it sparked a violent revolution led by Judah “The Hammer” Maccabee.
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